Very nice launch site with easy drive on. There were recent truck tracks leading onto the ice.

Most of the ice looked like this. I found one large drain hole with four inches of new ice on it, which was reassuring. In the straight at the south end of Hoyt Island, directly behind Whizzard, there is a small patch of open water. It’s like the Fangs of Megunticook: just one of those spots, according to Dave Fortier.

Looking south, along the east side of Hoyt Island.

Look closely at the rock I’m on: it’s a perfect lounge recliner. And I left this to go back out in all that nasty wind?